Vintage Spring Mixed Media Art Tag with video tutorial for Little Birdie Crafts.

 

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Spring is in the air and I am enjoying the warming days scattered in here and there along with sweet flower blossoms wafting their gorgeous scents into the air. I've created a spring inspired vintage mixed media art tag with a step by step process video featuring gorgeous the Little Birdie Crafts Shabby Chic Bouquet collection. You can scroll down to view the video or stop by my YouTube channel HERE.

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Here are a couple close-ups showing a little more detail.

I have created a full DIY video tutorial for you with voice instructions to share all the details on how to create this beautiful spring art tag. I hope you find inspiration and learn new techniques as you view it.

In this Vintage Mixed Media Art Tag tutorial learn how to:

~ Dry brush flowers for a soft shabby effect

~ Heat emboss chipboard

~ Create a focal point with ephemera and insect charms

~ Add shimmer with sparkle paste

~ Enhance texture with microbeads

Enjoy!

Little Birdie Crafts Supplies

Shabby Chic Bouquet Card Stock - 12x12"

Shabby Chic Bouquet Ephemera Pack

Julita - Shabby Chic Flowers

Queenie - Shabby Chic Flowers

Polina - Shabby Chic Flowers

Micro Roses - Shabby Chic Flowers

Sparkle Florettes - Celebrate Life Flowers

Elvina - Fairy Sparkle Flowers

Calypso - Fairy Sparkle Flowers

Pearl Butterflies - Fairy Sparkle

Handmade Glitter Joy Tulips - 3D Self-adhesive Embellishment

Primed Chipboard - Blooms and Vines

Stencil - Butterfly Inspire

Thincut Dies ~ Cogs and Wheels

**Similar Tag Die from Little Birdie: Thincut Dies - Tags

Acrylic Gesso - White

Sparkle Paste - Whipped Cream

Tinted Metallic Paint - Shimmery Sherbet

Acrylic Soft Gel Medium Matte

Metallic Wax - Rich Gold

Metal Microbeads - Mystique Rose

Jute Braided Flat Twine 7Ply Natural 10m

Other Supplies

Tim Holtz with Idea-ology ~ Clippings Stickers

Tim Holtz with Sizzix ~ Framelits Dies 658784

Tim Holtz with Ranger ~ Distressbrush

Tim Holtz with Ranger ~ Distress Ink: Frayed Burlap

Ranger ~ Emboss It Dabber

Higgins ~ Drawing Ink: White

Stampendous ~ Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel

Bee Charms (Amazon)

Martha Stewart Crafts ~ Microbeads - Florentine Gold

Home Decor Chicken Wire - White

Thin chipboard sheet

Wonder Tape ~ 1" Double Sided Foam Tape

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"It's All Good" Details ~ ScrapThat!

It's one of my favorited days of the year ~ National Scrapbooking Day!! I hope you have a fun day filled with scrapbooking on your agenda today for some very special photos!! Speaking of special, I enjoyed scrapping this engagement photo of Elizabeth and Andrew. There are some fun details in this photo. With the water dripping over the stone wall in the background of this outdoor photo, I wanted to bring that natural, organic feel to the page. 

I created this with the gorgeous Prima Divine collection featured in the fabulous ScrapThat! "Spring into May" Anniversary Kit. 

"It's All Good"

MK, EAO, FAO

I used the April Prima BAP sketch for inspiration:

Tips and Techniques:

Stamping ~ The first thing I did to prepare my background was to use the Prima Brick 3 stamp with distress ink to the right of my photo placement to reflect the stone wall in the photo. 

Transparency ~ This lovely KaiserCraft transparency was included with the kit papers. I fussy cut two portions and applied to opposite corners with spray adhesive.

Bling ~ The gorgeous crystal and pearl Prima flourishes included in the main kit are perfect for adding trails to the Prima Butterflies included in the EAO Kit. 

Distressing ~ I inked the edges of my photo mat, then used my Prima distress tool to on the mat and page edges.


Highlights ~ The Moonlight Smooch Accents in the MK was perfect to lighten and highlight this lovely Prima focal flower from the EAO Kit.

Fibers ~ Originally, I had planned to fringe the MK natural ribbon under the photo. That didn't work out, but I loved the long fibers I pulled out in the process and nested them under this cluster. I simply laid them in place and brushed Matt Mod Podge over them to adhere.

Washi Fans ~ I must confess, as hot as washi is in the scrapbooking world right now, this is the first time I've used it. I wanted to try something a little different and pleated the EAO washi into the little fans I tucked into the cluster.

Vellum Flowers ~ I've seen the most gorgeous embossed vellum flowers by some of my oh so talented cardmaking friends, so as soon as I spied the MK vellum I knew I would use my new Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies to try my hand at it. Stop back by on May 9 for my tutorial. The flower centers are goosebump gems from my stash. The Prima milky crystal drop is also from my stash. 

Handcrafted Flowers ~ I also created some of my Bitty Blossoms flowers with MK cardstock and my Donna Salazar Spellbinder dies. 

Kit Flowers ~ I pulled one of the sweet MK roses apart and tucked the now two flowers into the cluster. A MK pearl made a perfect flower center for the larger open rose. The FAO Prima vine added to the organic feel when spread across the page. 

Stenciling/Texture Paste ~ I added brown paint to my flexible texture paste and applied it to the upper part of my page and over the stamping using a Prima wood grain stencil. 

Mist ~ I misted over the wood grain and allowed the mist to drip down the page, first with the peach, and once dry with the brown. I went back and added more mist with a dropper to get the really drippy look. Then I splattered more mist over that with large splats of he brown and small splatter with the peach. 

Fabric Tape ~ There is either a roll of the Prima Divine washi or fabric tape in the EAO kit. I happened to also own the fabric tape and used it here under the photo and again under the title along with another strip of the washi. 

I had fun creating this organic page

and hope you have the chance to create for

National Scrapbooking Day!! 

I have entered this at:

Prima April BAP

Because I created this before the Word Art Wednesday challenge #78 began, I won't be entering this over there, but I had to let you know, they are featuring one of my favorite verses, Psalm 127:3 this week. I hope you'll stop by over their to get your free Word Art and link up a project while you're there. 

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Summer Memories ~ Bo Bunny Layout Challege

It's been a busy couple weeks at the Sabella home. Last week I put together the bridal and bridesmaid bouquets for Elizabeth's upcoming wedding. I thought I was all done until we remembered the boutonnieres. I guess I'll be finishing those up next week. Her shower was this past Monday and we had a lovely time. I'm so grateful to my mom and sister who came and helped me with the last minute food preparation and then loaded it all up to take to the church. I haven't had a spare minute to get around and see all of your work this week, but hope to be by to catch up soon. 

My husband, Gary, and I went to the Jersey Shore and to Baltimore's Inner Harbor for our 30th anniversary back in July. Gary had a business trip planned for the week of our anniversary and invited me to go along and take an extra day to enjoy the sights. This shot was taken at the beach below the boardwalk at Atlantic City. I'm a simple girl and enjoy the beach much more than the hustle and bustle of the boardwalk. 

The challenge at Bo Bunny is to use some "Interview Journaling" on your page. I have a hidden journal tag where I wrote the discussion of Gary asking me to go with him on the trip. This Bo Bunny paper was so fabulous to work with, and the Paradise papers had just the feel I was looking for to showcase this photo. Here's my layout:

The Journal Tag is tucked in behind the mats on

the right side next to the looped twine:

Techniques:

Flowers ~ I used a large twine flower behind the focal flower in this cluster and another smaller one above the photo. My tutorial for these flowers can be found here. In the center of my large focal flower I gessoed one of the Bo Bunny Vicki B flower trinkets. The center didn't match, but a bit of gesso took care of that. :-) The middle layer of this flower was cut from Bo Bunny paper using Donna Salazar Grand Peony dies.

Hand Stitching ~ The Martha Stewart Cherish Punch Around the Page set I used for one of the layers in the photo mat has nice little holes, I hand stitched through the inner set of holes.

Texture ~ I used Martha Stewart Texture Effects through a stencil on the scalloped layer. This is the first time I used it and loved the gritty white texture for this beach page. 

Gesso ~ I dabbed, painted, and dripped gesso over much of my page, as well as using it to tone down the darker blues in some of the flowers.

Distrezzing ~ I used my Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All to distress all of the straight edges including the photo. I don't know how I did it before I got this handy machine. 

Fibers ~ I layered burlap, cheese cloth and other fibers into my photo mat, and fishnet under my flower cluster. 

Coral/Seaweed Leaves ~ My Spellbinder Foliage die set has a fern leaf that when cut in cream and dabbed with gesso looks just like coral or seaweed. 

Twine Frame ~ I've done a couple twine frames, but recently saw some that looped across the page so I left long ends on my frame to swirl and loop across the page. 

Bo Bunny Products:

Paradise Sunset

Paradise Pier

Paradise Lingo

Roughin' It Happy Camper

Liberty United

Bo Bunny Double Dot - scrap of an off-white color

Bo Bunny Trinkets ~ Vicky B

Bo Bunny Jewels ~ Barefoot & Bliss

Other Products Used:

Embellishments:

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Grungeboard Dots Elements

Zva Pearl Flourish - PES-02CB-110

Prima Say it in Crystals #560577

Petaloo Flowers:

     Darjeeling Mini Mix blue/eggplant/green

     Hydrangea blue/eggplant/green

     Mini Rose all white

     Color Me Crazy Mini Rose Clusters

Cloud9Design Alpha Rain Dots - Black

Technique Products:

Martha Stewart Cherish PATP

Martha Stewart White Texture Effect

Liquitex Gesso

Cotton Crochet Thread - stash

Donna Salazar Spellbinder Grand Peony Dies

Spellbinder Foliage Dies

Ranger Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo

Jute Craft Cord - Saint Louis Trimmings

Jute Twine - Stash

Cheese Cloth - Stash

Fish Net - Stash

Burlap - Stash

Other fabrics - Stash

TWC 12 x 12 Template - Tile Texture

Adhesives:

Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents

ATG

Darice Pop Dots

Zots - small, bling

Tools:

Donna Salazar Zutter Distrezz-It-All

EK Success Color Bee Scissors

Sizzix Big Shot

Fiskars Craft Knife & Self-Healing Mat

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~